When we ask for sacrifice but fail to deliver, it’s not hard to see why some might get disillusioned with their country.
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to prohibit any environmental
release, including field trials, of Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs).
In a letter to Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh,
Agriculture Minister Ramkrishna Kusmaria has strongly stated that due to
insufficient research on their safety and impact on human beings and
the environment, the State government has decided to ban field trials
and release of GM crops in the State unless there “is clear evidence of
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Bhopal lowDOWn - February 2011
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To get compensation for ecological damage caused by Coca Cola unit
NEW
DELHI, Feb 22, 2011 (IPS) - On a winter evening this January, Amarnath
Pandey was returning home through
a low-lit alley of a suburban town in India’s heartland state Uttar
Pradesh when
a motorcycle-riding gunman suddenly appeared and fired at him.
"The
bullet luckily missed the target and grazed my ear. I felt the searing
sensation in my ear and fell down," said 55-year-old Pandey who is back
from hospital but is still in a state of shock.
Urges USDA to Rescind Approval of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa